Improving the aggregate throughput of access points in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs

Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 682-690

  Dong, X J ^a   Ergen, M ^a   Varaiya, P ^a   Puri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Air traffic control; Communication system traffic control; Costs; Degradation; Local area networks; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; COSTS; DEGRADATION; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; THROUGHPUT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ADAPTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHMS; AGGREGATE THROUGHPUT; COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TRAFFIC; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; IEEE 802.11 STANDARDS; IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS LAN; TIME VARYING TRAFFIC DEMAND; TRAFFIC DEMANDS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 84944400731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2003.1243201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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